Lane4 specializes in leasing, property management and development of retail, office, hospitality and mixed-use projects throughout the Midwest.

Responsibilities: Harris is responsible for taking complex projects from the acquisition or conception stage to completion. Duties include budgeting, financial analysis, placement of debt and equity, and design and construction oversight.

Education: Bachelor's in business, University of Kansas

Family: Wife, Annie; son, Hayes, 6 months old

Big break: In 2009, the recession was deepening, and Harris Construction Co., where Hunter Harris had started his career in 2002, was closing. While with his family's firm, Harris had enlisted Lane4 President Owen Buckley as a joint-venture partner on some development deals that proved too big to tackle alone. "So when Harris Construction was closing, Owen said, 'Why don't you come do this with me full-time?'" he said. "That changed my life trajectory dramatically. Aligning myself with such a talented and hardworking individual has afforded me the opportunities I needed to grow professionally."

Greatest accomplishments: Harris has led the development of nearly 20 Lane4 projects. A related accomplishment was helping Buckley diversify the company during the recession. "Owen had spent the majority of his career developing retail shopping centers in green fields, and that just went away," Harris said. "So, in order to survive, we had to turn very quickly to new types of assets, like mixed-use and independent-living projects, to develop."

Five-year goals:"In five years, I would love to be more involved with civic and philanthropic organizations," Harris said. While working on 39Rainbow, an infill mixed-use project near The University of Kansas Hospital, Harris became involved with Friendship Inn, a "home away from home" for families of KU Hospital patients. He is serving as president of its board this year.

In addition, Harris and his wife volunteer for Harvesters: The Community Food Network. Another long-range goal, Harris said, is to make the Kansas City area even cooler via new projects, including redevelopment of the Metcalf South and 95 West shopping centers in Overland Park, which Lane4 and the Kroenke Group recently acquired.